Celebrating the Shoe Repair Shop
Some Brooklynites see the shoe repair shop as a dying institution, replaced by bank branches and cell phone stores. So Brooklyn Based has tracked down the borough’s best, extant, cobblers: Yelena in Greenpoint; Express in Boerum Hill; Roman’s in Windsor Terrace, to name a few. Their list continues here. You got nominees? Photo by gkjarvis.
Some Brooklynites see the shoe repair shop as a dying institution, replaced by bank branches and cell phone stores. So Brooklyn Based has tracked down the borough’s best, extant, cobblers: Yelena in Greenpoint; Express in Boerum Hill; Roman’s in Windsor Terrace, to name a few. Their list continues here. You got nominees? Photo by gkjarvis.
For Carroll Gardens posters, there’s a little shop on Degraw about two doors in from the corner of Degraw and Court St. (so between Court and Clinton) that is wonderful. Owner is a permanently depressed Russian, does wonderful work. He knows how to make boots from scratch, although I doubt there is anything that would motivate him to do so. Prices are very reasonable. Unless, of course, it’s been razed and turned into a slivers Fedders building since I moved out of there. Entirely possible.
DIBS…most days I work from home, and if I go to an office, I can dress very casually.
Today at office, wearing flats…not my favorite ones, ironically, they’re at the shoe repair being resoled; along with a pair of heels.
I’m going to wear my best pair of shoes and have them all shined up for the Keep Fucking Around Party. I hope all of you do too.
I thought Santa wore boots?
“There are cobblers and then there are good cobblers.”
Truer words were never spoken. I take mine to the Russian guy at the shop on Flatbush between St. Marks and Prospect. I don’t know the dude’s name or even really the name of the store. He’s a little pricey, but you can’t be too careful.
i just buy 30 dollar pairs of shoes.
BRG…how many pairs of shoes do you have under your desk at work??
Who’s shoes would you like to walk in?
van gogh’s shoes are a pair that will last many a lifetime.